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‘Chasing vibes’ — OpenAI’s M&A strategy gets more confusing with TBPN purchase
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, is pictured on Sept. 25, 2025, in Berlin. Florian Gaertner | Photothek | Getty Images Over 10 months after shelling out an eye-popping $6.4 billion for Jony Ive’s nascent devices startup, OpenAI announced another surprising deal on Thursday, snapping up a media business that streams a three-hour daily tech talk […]
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OpenAI acquires popular tech podcast TBPN
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman addresses the gathering at the AI Impact Summit, in New Delhi, India, February 19, 2026. Bhawika Chhabra | Reuters OpenAI announced that it has acquired the technology news podcast TBPN, according to a message shared with employees on Thursday. TBPN is a daily podcast hosted by John Coogan and Jordi Hays […]
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Sen. Warren slams Trump administration for pressuring EU to relax tech regulations
Ranking member Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., talks with the media before Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testified during the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing titled “The Financial Stability Oversight Council’s Annual Report to Congress,” in Dirksen building on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Sen. Elizabeth […]
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Meta’s court losses spell potential trouble for AI research, consumer safety
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg leaves the Federal Courthouse in downtown Los Angeles after defending the company in a landmark social media addiction trial in Los Angeles, United States, on February 19, 2026. Jon Putman | Anadolu | Getty Images Over a decade ago, Meta – then known as Facebook – hired researchers in the social […]
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Jury in Los Angeles reaches verdict in blockbuster Meta, YouTube social media trial
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg leaves the Federal Courthouse in downtown Los Angeles after defending the company in a landmark social media addiction trial in Los Angeles, United States, on February 19, 2026. Jon Putman | Anadolu | Getty Images A jury has reached a verdict in a major trial involving Meta and Google that could […]
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Hugo Barra’s return to Meta 5 years after exit underscores Zuckerberg’s AI urgency
Hugo Barr, formerly VP of VR at Facebook, has returned to Meta Money Sharma | AFP | Getty Images During Hugo Barra’s first stint at Meta — still known at the time as Facebook — he was a top executive in the virtual reality business. In the nearly five years he’s been gone, Meta’s obsession […]
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Meta makes ‘big bet’ on top leaders with stock options as pressure builds to catch up in AI
Arda Kucukkaya | Anadolu | Getty Images Meta is granting stock options to key leaders in an effort to retain talent as pressure intensifies on the company to bolster its position in artificial intelligence. The executives in the incentive plan include CFO Susan Li, technology chief Andrew Bosworth, Chief Product Officer Christopher Cox and operating […]
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Column: Jensen Huang doesn’t need a new chip. He needs a new moat.
Nvidia dominated the first era of AI — CEO Jensen Huang is making sure it owns the next one. He’s turning Nvidia from a chipmaker that’s helping to drive a market cycle into the operating system for the future of artificial intelligence. The shift has mostly gone unnoticed and hasn’t yet been priced in by […]
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Meta backtracks on decision to end Horizon Worlds VR after fans speak up
Pavlo Gonchar| SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images A day after announcing that it will be shutting down Horizon Worlds for Quest virtual reality headsets, Meta has changed course. The company said Wednesday that the VR platform will remain available “for the foreseeable future.” “We have decided, just today in fact, that we will […]
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Meta is shutting down VR social platform Horizon Worlds in further pivot away from the metaverse
The Meta Horizon Worlds logo is displayed on a smartphone screen, and the Meta logo is in the background in Chania, Greece, on Aug. 9, 2024. Nikolas Kokovlis | Nurphoto | Getty Images Meta announced Tuesday that it is shutting down Horizon Worlds, the virtual reality social network for Quest VR headsets that was once […]
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